9th September 2012, 10:30 AM
True, one of the major problems in Congress right now is the Tea Partiers' refusal to compromise, and so when the voters see an equally stubborn presidential candidate, they're not likely to vote for him. (Our current Congress has the lowest approval rating on record in American history.) Mitt Romney has been cited as being a flip-flopper, but that's exactly what helped him to win his party's nomination. He's painting himself as a staunch conservative now, but when he was governor of Massachusetts, he was every bit as liberal as Ted Kennedy (well, not quite, but almost... for a Republican, anyway; he did support the War in Iraq, so he wasn't liberal on every issue, mostly just healthcare).
And yes, unfortunately, being ridiculously stupid isn't enough to keep these neo-cons out of public offices. As long as there are masses of stupid voters (particularly here in the racist south), the unabashed ignorance, bigotry, and backwards thinking of the far right will be exalted rather than condemned as it should be. The fact that Sarah Palin is still highly beloved around these parts (or the fact that she was at all) is very disheartening to me. I need to move somewhere more moderate, perhaps one of the swing states in the midwest.
And yes, unfortunately, being ridiculously stupid isn't enough to keep these neo-cons out of public offices. As long as there are masses of stupid voters (particularly here in the racist south), the unabashed ignorance, bigotry, and backwards thinking of the far right will be exalted rather than condemned as it should be. The fact that Sarah Palin is still highly beloved around these parts (or the fact that she was at all) is very disheartening to me. I need to move somewhere more moderate, perhaps one of the swing states in the midwest.